A year’s end in 1942: Nisei soldiers and a lifted curfew
Nisei in uniform led the news at the close of 1942. Sergeant Ben Kuroki of Hershey, Nebraska, was promoted for…
Print Issue: 1942
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Christmas week 1942: censored remarks, resettlement and JACL chapters
A charge of censorship led the Christmas Eve issue of 1942. The ACLU said a Hollywood radio station cut references…
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Manzanar after the December 1942 disturbance, and segregation of agitators
The fatal disturbance at Manzanar on Dec. 6, 1942, dominated this eight-page issue. The front page reported that the army…
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Manzanar after the riot: relocation sped up and loyal leaders attacked
The fatal disturbance at Manzanar led this issue. One man was killed and ten injured, and soldiers stayed on guard…
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One year after Pearl Harbor: unrest at Poston and the push to resettle
The first anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the move toward resettlement shaped this eight-page issue of December 3, 1942. On…
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Poston unrest, a JACL emergency conference, and resettlement plans
Unrest at the Poston relocation center in Arizona led the front page. Military police ended a five-day disturbance there, and…
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A federal judge questions the curfew order, and JACL delegates meet in Salt Lake City
A federal ruling on the wartime curfew led the news. Judge James A. Fee held that the army’s curfew order…
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1942: A Supreme Court ruling, a JACL emergency conference and life in the camps
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that resident enemy aliens may sue in American courts, in a case brought by the…
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Resettlement plans, harvest work and a Native Sons suit
Resettlement was the main subject of this eight-page issue. Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons announced plans to resettle a small…
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Resettlement and daily life in the camps, October 1942
Resettlement was the main subject of this eight-page issue. WRA Director Dillon Myer told an Arkansas congressional delegation that the…
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Relocation and the beet harvest, October 1942
Life after the forced removal was the subject of this eight-page issue. WRA national director Dillon Myer, touring Minidoka, predicted…
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Labor shortages, harvest work and the first students leaving camp
Work and the relocation centers ran through this eight-page issue. Minidoka faced a labor shortage after more than 1,800 evacuees…
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Hawaii’s wartime primary and the WRA’s turn toward individual relocation
Hawaii’s first wartime primary opened this eight-page issue: seven Japanese candidates ran, one was elected, four were nominated and two…
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Labor, the courts and the camps: news from October 1, 1942
Citizenship was the main question in this eight-page issue. The California State Federation of Labor voted down a resolution calling…
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Cotton fields, Senator Holman’s amendment and life in the camps
The harvest and the threat to citizenship shared the front page. Evacuee volunteers began picking long staple cotton in Arizona,…
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1942: cotton harvests, new centers and the Korematsu conviction
The World War II incarceration (often called internment) shaped most of this eight-page issue. The front page, with Larry Tajiri…